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Amazing Gray

Sherwin-Williams 7044

HEX
#BEB5A9
RGB
190, 181, 169
LAB
74.1, 1.1, 7.2
LRV
≈ 47
Family
Light Gray, warm
Nearest RAL
7044 Silk Grey
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With an LRV of about 47, Amazing Gray is a mid tone: it absorbs more light than it reflects, so it reads deeper on a large wall than on the chip. It suits accent walls and well-lit rooms. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Amazing Gray in other brands

  • Beautiful Beige Dulux Australia SN4A5 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.3
  • Light Lichen Hallman Lindsay 211 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
  • Ghost Town Kelly-Moore KM4579-2 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
  • Drifting Dunn-Edwards DEC770 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
  • Gossamer Pratt & Lambert 32-26 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
  • Platinum Met. MyPerfectColor MP20083 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

How it looks with color blindness

  • Deuteranopia Reads as light gray
  • Protanopia Reads as light gray
  • Tritanopia Reads as light gray
  • Achromatopsia Reads as light gray

Under different light

  • Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns orange
  • Neutral, 4000 K Turns beige
  • Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Amazing Gray warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 7.2 and a value of 1.1 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dulux Australia color to Amazing Gray?

Beautiful Beige (SN4A5), at ΔE 0.3. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Amazing Gray?

≈ 47. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.